This is one of the slides from
Andi Zeisler’s talk at CreativeMornings/Portland as part of our theme month on
Rebel.
Andi Zeisler is the co-founder and editorial/creative director of Bitch Media, a national nonprofit organization best known for publishing Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, which for 18 years has fused feminism and cultural criticism in a witty, readable quarterly publication. Watch her talk. →
In Sydney, internationally awarded Australian graphic designer Chris Doyle speaks on creativity and what it mean to him. He describes what gets him down about creativity—mainly the internet, and how it handicaps our ability to go out and make something original.
“Striving for originality has to be a part of what you do,” Christopher tells the audience. He warns us against saying that there is no original idea, but to, instead, consciously try to put your own spin on things.
Watch the talk. →
The ability to reuse and remix is so baked into our tools, it has rewritten our culture.
We learn to make great art by copying, and we participate in our culture by reusing and modifying what we see. But the law hasn’t caught up with our changing values, effectively criminalizing the creativity of millions. Cover songs on YouTube, fanfic, mashups, and supercuts all violate copyright, and lawyers are starting to find new tools to discover and enforce infringement. Welcome to the new Prohibition.
Andy Baio is a writer and coder who loves making things. His most recent projects are XOXO, a festival and conference celebrating indie artists and hackers, and Playfic, a community for writing and sharing interactive fiction. He helped build Kickstarter, produced Kind of Bloop, and created Upcoming.org, the collaborative calendar acquired by Yahoo in 2005. Original reporting on his blog, Waxy.org, has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, and NPR.
Shorts Saturday!
We’ve pulled some of our favorite takeaways from popular talks to give you 2-5 minute videos packed with inspiration and motivation. The perfect length for a quick break between projects, or a preview before seeing if you’d like to watch the full 20 minute talk. Check them out.
Watch more shorts here.
Shorts Saturday!
We’ve pulled some of our favorite takeaways from popular talks to give you 2-5 minute videos packed with inspiration and motivation. The perfect length for a quick break between projects, or a preview before seeing if you’d like to watch the full 20 minute talk. Check them out.
Watch more shorts here.
Michael Tavani was the speaker at this March’s Atlanta event. Michael is the co-founder and head of product at
Scoutmob, a venture-backed and nationally recognized local mobile company named one of the top apps in all categories by Wired and Mashable and one of the country’s most promising companies by Forbes.
He speaks on the Top 43 Lessons he learned the hard way, covering everything from launching viral marketing campaigns to hiring great employees. Read through them below.
Now is the best time in the history of the world to start something.
It’s doesn’t have to be a company, it can be a project, a nonprofit, a film..
Everyone has distribution to the whole entire world.
If you’re a creative, you’re only limited by your creativity.
There is no perfect idea.
No great ideas are great on paper.
Jump in.
It hurts.
You’ll figure it out on the way down.
It’s hard to learn from the sidelines.
It’s all about execution.
If you can execute, a good or bad idea, you can make it happen.
The idea is 1%.
Tell everyone your idea.
When you tell people your ideas, you get more from them.
Find a wingman with complementary skills.
You can’t do it by yourself.
Hire for passion. You want to have passionate people.
Send potential employees an industry article. See how they respond.
Passion is the key.
Do unscalable stuff.
You need to be a do-er.
Do stuff even an intern wouldn’t do.
Tap your local market.
Grow your initial base.
Brand is huge.
Before you do anything, create something remarkable.
If people don’t like your product, the rest doesn’t matter.
Hire a designer and copywriter.
People have to enjoy and like using your product.
Take opportunities and risks to build brands from the ground up.
Delight in all places. Even the smallest of details.
Hide Easter eggs. Everywhere.
Average loses on the web every single time.
Your competitor is a click away.
Don’t be average.
Brand, not technology, is the great differentiator.
No one shares a shitty brand.
T-shirt test: The company that’s created a solid brand is a company whose t-shirt you would want to wear.
There are a million ways to make it happen.
It’s easy to make an impact in Atlanta.
Nothing better than being in the game.
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Last June, CreativeMornings hosted the initial globally themed month across all chapters, which looked at the intersection of arts and technology.
At CreativeMornings/Zürich, Antonio Scarpoini spoke on the intersection of arts and technology, a space he describes as “design.” Moving forward, Antonio used this visual to describe problems that we need to tackle.
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The speaker for the July 6th, 2012 edition of CreativeMornings/Vancouver was lawyer, entrepreneur, publisher, radio panelist, digital media innovator, arts advocate and self-titled “junk yard dog” Sandy Garossino.
Touching on topics from women in creative professions (her daughter is popular indie musician Grimes) to the need to protect democracy on the Internet, Garossino engaged the audience with her inspiring ideas and thoughtful challenges, ending the morning with a call to arms to everyone in the room and watching to raise the statue of arts & culture, and increase the value of creativity as a way to build a great city.
A big high-five to Ryan Mah (@Unisonpress), Mahyar Saeedi (@MahyarSaeedi), Jake Hermiston and Matthew Shettler for video production.
